Wiener roaster and the like



NOV. 15, 1938. WES-[BERG E A 2,136,658

WIENER ROASTER AND THE LIKE Filed April 15, 1937 v 25 zz I N V EN TOR. Hem) MEJFfiZRG Jf/CffARD 1 01250.6!

BY 2{ 7 ATTORNEi .10 ject the article to the action of heat on all of to hold the structure over a fire and to permit l5 juices within it will be forced out and lost. It any event it is preferable that the lid be made .20 ported conveniently over fire sothat they may may frictionally engage the end element 23 to Patented Nov. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WIENER ROASTER AND THE LIKE Harry Westberg, Los Angeles, and Richard F. Olson, Glendale, Calif.

Application April 15, 1937, Serial No. 137,050

4 Claims. (01. 535) This invention relates to a cooking device, and of Wire and has a grip portion I9 at its outer particularly pertains to a wiener roaster and the 7 end. It will be seen that the container may be like. completely removed from the fork of the handle When beach and camping parties take place it so that the device may be very compactly ar- 5 is often desirable to roast or broil wieners, fish, ranged when packed with camping outfits and 5 bacon, and pieces of other meat. This is now the like. It may be desirable to place a pair of accomplished in most instances by using a spit supporting legs 20 on the shank of the handle, on to which the article to be broiled or roasted these legs being formed with eyes 2! so that the is. placed, after which the spit is turned to subsupports may be forced in the ground or sand its sides. This is not a convenient or satisit to'be readily rotated. The open end of the factory method of cooking, since the articles may container IE3 as previously explained is closed by easily fall off, and since in the case of wieners a lid 13. This lid'may be formed of reticulated I the skin of the Wiener is punctured so that the material or may be of sheet metal stamping. In

is the principal object of the present invention with ears 22 which embrace the end element 23 to provide a roasting or broiling implement withof the container. On diametrically opposite sides in which articles of food, such as wieners, fish, of the lid from the ears 22 is a tang 24 which and the like may be placed, and may be supextends at right angles to the face of the lid and be thoroughly and uniformly broiled or roasted, hold the lid closed. By reference to Fig. 4 of the structure being of simple construction and the drawing it will be seen that the diameter of so designed as to make it possible for the parts the container H] is substantially greater than to be assembled and disassembled, making it conthe diameter of the article being cooked, such for 25 venient for use in camping kits and the like. example as the wiener indicated at 25. This ar- 25 The invention is illustrated by way of examrangement insures that when the container and pie in the accompanying drawing in which: its handle l8 are rotated on their common lon- Figure l is a view in perspective showing the gitudinal axis the container will produce rotation present invention. of the article being cooked so that it will not stick Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation showing the to the wires forming the walls of the container, 30

lid on the device. and so that it will be subjected uniformly to the Fig. 3 is a View in transverse section through heat. the end of the device showing the lid construc- In operation of the present invention the contion, as seen on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. tainer I0 is formed as here shown, after which Fig. 4 is aview in transverse section as seen on the fork prongs ll of the handle I8 may be posi- 35 the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the constructioned within the loops l6 along opposite side tion of the reticulated container, the manner in walls of the container so that these loops will which a handle is attached thereto, and the posihold the prongs in assembled relation therewith tion of a wiener therein. and provide a rigid structure. The container 40 Referring more particularly to the drawing, may then be disposed vertically, after which the 40 Ml indicates a container having a reticulated cylid l3 is opened and an article to be cooked is lindrical side Wall II, a closed reticulated end placed within the container. As shown in the wall l2, and a hinged lid l3. The lid I3 is disdrawing this article is a wiener which extends posed upon the opened end of the container oplongitudinally within the container. When posite to the closed end H2. The cylindrical wall placed therein the lid l3 may be closed and 45 structure is formed with longitudinally extendthe container Ill may thereafter be supported ing wire strands M, and circumferentially exin asubstantially horizontal position overafiame. tending strands i5. These strands are welded It will be assumed that the container it] as together or soldered, as desired, and form a shown in Fig. 4 rotates in the direction of the rigid cylindrical wall structure. Adjacent to the arrow a as manipulated by the handle 18. The 50 closed end of the container certain of the cirwiener will rotate in the direction of the arrow cumferentially extending strands are bowed outb, as it rests upon the lower surface of the conwardly as indicated at it in Fig. l to form retainer. Due to this arrangement it will be seen ceiving means for prongs ll of a handle fork. that the article being cooked will be continu- 5 The handle as indicated at [8 is preferably made ously rotated or be turned over from time to time as would be the case if a fish was placed within the container for cooking. After the article of food has been cooked the lid [3 may be very easily swung to an open position so that the article may be readily dropped from the container. When it is desired to discontinue use of the container the fork may be withdrawn from the loops [6 and the container structure packed away in a small space for further use.

It will thus be seen that the structure here disclosed is simple in construction, may be very ruggedly made, and when used insures that articles of food may be quickly, thoroughly, and uniformly cooked. Attention is also directed to the fact that when wieners are cooked' in a structure of this sort there is no tendency to burst the skin of the Wiener, thus insuring that all of the flavor and juices will remain in the Wiener as it is broiled or roasted.

While we have shown the preferred form of our invention, as now known to us, it will be understood that various changes might be made in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts, by those skilled in the art, without departcertain of said strands being outwardly bowed so as to frictionally engage said prongs for securing said handle in position on said receptacle, and a closure secured to the outer end of said receptacle.

2. A roasting device formed of a series of circumferentially and longitudinally extending elements connected together in spaced relation so as to provide a receptacle having a closed inner end and an open outer end, a handle associated with said receptacle and provided with a pair of prongs at its inner end, there being loops formed on the opposite sides of said receptacle adapted to receive said prongs for frictionally securing said handle to said receptacle, and a closure for closing the open end of said receptacle.

3. A roasting device formed of a series of circumferentially extending wire elements and a series of longitudinally extending Wire elements, said wire elements being connected together in spaced relation so as to provide a receptacle having a closed inner end and an open outer end, a handle associated with said receptacle and being provided with a shank which terminates at one end with a pair of prongs, said receptacle being provided adjacent its closed end with a pair of loops adapted to receive said prongs for detachably holding said handle in position on said receptacle, a closure for closing the open end of said receptacle, and supporting members carried by the shank of said handle for rotatably supporting said receptacle in a roasting position.

4. A roasting device formed of a series of circumferentially and longitudinally extending wire elements connected together in spaced relation so as to provide a receptacle having a closed inner end and an open outer end, a handle associated with said receptacle and being provided at one end with a pair of prongs, a pair of loops formed on the opposite sides of said receptacle adjacent the closed end thereof and adapted to receive said prongs for detachably securing said handle in position on said receptacle, and supporting members associated with said handle and having bearing portions for rotatably supporting said receptacle in a roasting position.

HARRY WESTBERG. RICHARD F. OLSON. 

